Update Protection against Microsoft Office MSODataSourceControl ActiveX Control Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-075 | |
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| Source: | SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018251 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2007-3282 | |
| Protection Provided by: |
VPN-1
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Office 2003 | ||
| Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office MSODataSourceControl ActiveX Control. ActiveX controls are reusable software components based on Microsoft Component Object Model (COM). A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation may create a denial of service condition on a vulnerable system. |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Office MSODataSourceControl ActiveX Control that fails to properly handle overly long argument to a specific method. To trigger this flaw, a remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation may cause the victim's browser to crash and may allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system once the malicious page is loaded. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control. Depending on the traffic mix, activating this protection may result in performance degradation.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1/InterSpect product to the latest SmartDefense update. For information on how to update SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.
Additional Information
The Update released on June 28, 2007 includes the following protections:
Microsoft Win32 API Vulnerability (MS07-035) - CPAI-2007-072
Microsoft CSS Tag Memory Corruption Vulnerability (MS07-033) - CPAI-2007-073
Microsoft Visio Vulnerabilities (MS07-030) - CPAI-2007-074
Microsoft Office MSODataSourceControl ActiveX Control Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-075)
Microsoft Speech API and Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities (MS07-033) - CPAI-2007-076
VPN-1 NGX R65 & R62
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Web Intelligence > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities > Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: MSODataSourceControl buffer overflow
VPN-1 NGX R61, R60, VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55W
How Can I Protect My Network? Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow
1. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: MSODataSourceControl buffer overflow
VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55
How Can I Protect My Network? Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99895 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
VPN-1 VSX NGX
How Can I Protect My Network? Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99895 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
InterSpect NGX
How Can I Protect My Network? Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow
1. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the Web Intelligence page of the profile.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
3. Select the following pattern:
4. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: MSODataSourceControl buffer overflow
InterSpect 2.0
How Can I Protect My Network? Block MSODataSourceControl Buffer Overflow
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: MSODataSourceControl buffer overflow